dcschiller (20), Arizona, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Oct 4, 2009
This beer is my favorite IPA. It has everything that I expect from an IPA without being "extreme’/ ’imperial’/ ’double": a nice fruity aroma which explodes with great hop flavor. In spite of the hoppiness, it maintains a nice malt balance. I love it!!
 FunkyBrewster (494), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 15, 2009 12 oz bottle. Pours a lightly hazy golden orange with a pillowy white head. Aroma is super fresh citric fruit, delectable and very inviting. The hop presence is really juicy and the aromatic oils dance through the nostrils. A clean crisp malt backbone provides support. Flavor starts with a sweet citric tangerine, nectarine and mango presence. Fades to a more sharp grapefruit and bitter but not harsh piney hop character. The sweetness really remains throughout and perfectly balances the hops into a smooth and sweetly bitter (bittersweet) finish. Bittersweet because I’m one sip closer to the end of it! Nice medium to full body and a softer carbonation. Excellent beer!
TreborWhip (99), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 12oz bottle poured into a trappist glass produced a nice white foamy head, amber body, and some nice lacing. The smell is a bit hoppy with some nice cirtus notes. The taste is very hoppy at the beginning with some nice malt flavor rounding out the flavor and evening out the taste. The beer is nice and crisp. A bit sharp at first but not overpowering and left a pleasant bitterness on the palate.
cstuartj (326), Washington, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Pours golden clear with a big dense cloud white head. Nose is mild, grass, hops, and pine. Attack is subbtle very crisp and dry and finish is huge and long and bitter.
aaronbr (58), Palo Alto, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 8, 2009 I still remember cringing at the "insane bitterness" of my first non-Lagunitas IPA. Now that my tastes have matured a bit, I must say this one is pretty good. Well-balanced, very drinkable. An easy IPA to love.
ChristianScheffel (4559), Odense, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 Golden with a small but lasting white head. Aroma of lime, grapefruit and pine. Juicy pine and grapefruit hoppy flavour. Rather sweet, but with bitterness for balance
Dedollewaitor (3746), Odense, Denmark
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 4, 2009 Bottle @ J.C.G. Pours unclear orange with a small creamy bubbly white head and lacings. Nose is tropical fruity hops. Pine, orange and grapefruit. Crisp and dry flavor with a small amount of malts. Clean and tasty Ipa.
Berley31 (198), New Brunswick, Canada
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 30, 2009 A: Poured with a nice, large, frothy white head that hung around for a while before dissipating to 1/2-finger or so. Nice lacing on the glass. Body is mostly clear with a little haze and some particles floating around, and a orange color.
S: Pleasant aroma of heavy hops, some pine, and a lot of orange citrus.
T: Awesome flavor here. The citrus (orange) bursts through at the beginning, with some pine in there as well, and a very hoppy, bitter finish. Still manages to be smooth, however.
M: Medium-bodied and creamy, with average carbonation.
D: This is an excellent IPA... very flavorful and hoppy, but still quite easy to drink.
kangaroo (43), Everett, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Pours a pleasant pale in the glass, short but respectable white head that leaves lovely lacing all down the glass. Aroma is full of citrus hops. Nice citrus hop taste with a little touch of earthy hops backing it up. Palate cleansing simple goodness of a beer. I liked looking into my bottle at the end and seeing that thin film of living yeast drunk off the beer they helped make. Racer 5 makes me happy.
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